AI videos create buzz for ByteDance after US TikTok deal

Beijing (AFP) Feb 9, 2026
Cinematic clips generated by ByteDance's latest artificial intelligence video model have sparked an online buzz for the Chinese company that recently ceded majority control of TikTok in the United States. ByteDance is best known globally as the company behind TikTok, but it is also a major AI player in the world's second largest economy. Its new video creation model, called Seedance 2.0,